The Jordan Times of August 4 carried an article written by a professor from Marist College, New York, Naseer Omari. The article is entitled "George Bush's dangerous ideology" and it puts forth the proposition that US President George W. Bush makes his decisions regarding the Middle East based on a religious world-view that is centered on preserving Israeli security.
Professor Omari explains: “Bush shares the views of neoconservatives who, through a marriage of convenience with American Zionists, have made the security of the state of Israel central to their political thought on the Middle East, including Iraq.” For that reason, according to the Jordan Times article, “Bush was willing to do everything, including using what he must have known to be lies and false reports, to wage a war against the will of the international community.” Omari writes that while Bush’s “lies and false reports” may have been sufficient to “satisfy bigoted neoconservatives and radical Washington-based Zionists... it will never stand the scrutiny of intelligent Americans who... have begun to see through Bush's shallow political logic and hidden ideological convictions.”
On the one hand, Omari praises the US president, saying, “Bush is a rare breed in politics because... he actually believes in certain values.” However, the Marist professor continues, “is there anything more mystical the president prefers to keep to himself that made using false intelligence reports somehow justifiable? ...Did he believe that there was something more sacred than American lives?”
The Jordan Times column concludes: “Bush's religion is his business, but when he is willing to sacrifice thousands of American soldiers for a more secure state of Israel, Americans have the right to a full description of the president's religio-political convictions.”
Professor Omari explains: “Bush shares the views of neoconservatives who, through a marriage of convenience with American Zionists, have made the security of the state of Israel central to their political thought on the Middle East, including Iraq.” For that reason, according to the Jordan Times article, “Bush was willing to do everything, including using what he must have known to be lies and false reports, to wage a war against the will of the international community.” Omari writes that while Bush’s “lies and false reports” may have been sufficient to “satisfy bigoted neoconservatives and radical Washington-based Zionists... it will never stand the scrutiny of intelligent Americans who... have begun to see through Bush's shallow political logic and hidden ideological convictions.”
On the one hand, Omari praises the US president, saying, “Bush is a rare breed in politics because... he actually believes in certain values.” However, the Marist professor continues, “is there anything more mystical the president prefers to keep to himself that made using false intelligence reports somehow justifiable? ...Did he believe that there was something more sacred than American lives?”
The Jordan Times column concludes: “Bush's religion is his business, but when he is willing to sacrifice thousands of American soldiers for a more secure state of Israel, Americans have the right to a full description of the president's religio-political convictions.”